Statistics and noise in a quantum measurement process
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Superconductivity
Quantum Physics
Abstract
The quantum measurement process by a single-electron transistor or a quantum point contact coupled to a quantum bit is studied. We find a unified description of the statistics of the monitored quantity, the current, in the regime of strong measurement and expect this description to apply for a wide class of quantum measurements. We derive the probability distributions for the current and charge in different stages of the process. In the parameter regime of the strong measurement the current develops a telegraph-noise behavior which can be detected in the noise spectrum.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0001423,
title = {Statistics and noise in a quantum measurement process},
author = {Yuriy Makhlin and Gerd Schoen and Alexander Shnirman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0001423},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures